World-Wide Deployment of U.S. Strategic Air Command Nuclear Bombs (mid-1958)

Four years before the Cuban missile crisis erupted over Soviet deployment of nuclear weapons in Cuba, the U.S. Strategic Air Command had nuclear bombs deployed in 41 locations worldwide. The locations included 14 bases on the territories of six foreign countries: Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Japan (Okinawa), Morocco, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

The bomb-arsenal included nine different versions of five basic bomb-types: Mk-6, Mk-7, Mk-15, Mk-36, and Mk-39. Most of these versions were not surprisingly stored on one or more bases within the United States. Interestingly, however, two versions were not stored in the United States at all but only on bases abroad. This included the Mk-7 Mod 4 and Mod 5 versions that were deployed to Lakenheath Air Base in the United Kingdom and Nouasseur Air Base in Morocco. These bombs were earmarked for use by CINCEUR in the European Theater:

Obtained under provisions of the
U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
by Hans M. Kristensen
June 1999

Source:
United States Strategic Air Command, "History of the Strategic Air Command, 1 January 1958-30 June 1958," Historical Study No. 73, Volume I, [1958], pp. 88-90. Top Secret. Partially declassified and released under FOIA.

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Source: United States Strategic Air Command, "History of the Strategic Air Command, 1 January 1958-30 June 1958," Historical Study No. 73, Volume I, [1958], pp. 88-90. Top Secret. Partially declassified and released under FOIA.